Memberships
Affordable Options & Classifications for Every Golfer!
Join A Golf League!
Senior Men's League
Tuesdays @ 9:00am
An enjoyable and competitive league for our 55 and over golfers. This league begins in early May and runs through September starting at 9:00am. Teams of 3 or more will be paired based on skill and age and play in a shamble format, earning points for each hole's score and a chance to win prize money.
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Men's League
Tuesdays @ 5:30pm
Whether you're a scratch golfer or weekend warrior, you're going to enjoy our Tuesday Men's League! This league begins in early May and runs through September starting at 5:30pm. This league features a randomly-drawn team scramble format with prize and skins money to be won. Players will earn points based on team performance that will be added up at the end of the season and the top players with the most points will earn plaques!
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Ladies League
Wednesdays @ 9:00am
Wednesday morning belongs to the Ladies League at Deer Run. This league begins in early May and runs through September starting at 9:00am. Golfers will participate in a stroke play format except for the last day of the month where everyone will play in a team scramble format. Compete for a chance to win prize money by recording the lowest score.
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2-Person Handicap League
Thursdays @ 5:30pm
Looking for a competitive game? Our Thursday 2-Person Handicap League uses a handicap, match play based scoring system where teams consisting of 2 golfers go head-to-head against another team. This league runs 2 sessions lasting 9 weeks each starting in early May at 5:30pm and features 100% payback and optional skins games.
View current league standings - League ID: drtn2p2 (no password)
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Couples League
Fridays @ 5:00pm
Enjoy an evening with your significant other and participate in our Friday Couples League. This team scramble league begins in early May and runs through September starting at 5:00pm. The Couples League is a no-commitment, socially-fun league where teams of 2-3 couples play a team scramble format for a chance to win prize money. After golf, enjoy a meal and great conversation with the group.
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We want everyone to enjoy their time at Deer Run Golf Course and have established course rules to promote safety, responsibility, and fun for all levels of golf. Please read the following list and if you need any clarification contact the clubhouse.
- All play begins on Hole #1 unless the Clubhouse has given permission otherwise.
- Repair ball marks, fairway divots, and rake sand traps.
- Allow faster groups to play through.
- No more than 4 golfers per group.
- Illinois liquor law requires all refreshments must be purchased from the Clubhouse.
- Stay on cart paths as much as possible. Always keep carts 30 ft. from the green and out of roped-off areas.
- USGA Rules govern all play unless amended by a local rule.
- All water hazards are played as lateral.
- White stakes are out of bounds.
- All yardage markers are measured to center of green.
- Dress code strictly enforced.
Beginnings
May 25, 1972 - "Grant’s Farm" - The golf course was played for the first time in the summer of 1973 and our first Deer Run Western Illinois Golf Association Champion was PGA professional D.A. Weibring, formerly of Quincy, Il.
Instant golf course? That was the thought of many when you take 86.5 acres of ground so beautiful that it looked like a park to begin with, then stir it with $200,000 worth of heavy equipment donated by local contractors and add a group of dedicated volunteers to donate their sweat equity and before long, there is that “instant golf course”. Grant’s farm was soon to become Deer Run. Initial clearing of the land next to Wild Cat Springs Park took a few months with the ground shaped and smoothed and lakes dug, then dicing and harrowing of the ground, putting in the watering system, and the planting of blue grass and rye for the fairways and tees plus bent grass for the greens and it’s all the group of volunteers could do to not get out their clubs and yell “fore”. With the next year to let it grow, the game was on.
Hats off to W. L. Miller Company Road Construction, Jim McMahan Building Construction, Alman Meyers, Walter Frey, S.C. Hopson, and Junior VanAusdall for the equipment. Larimore and Coulter Services and Don Bricker Standard Service for fuel and Dave Nixon, Frank Kavanagh, Don Rottman and George Delozier for various services such as refrigeration, electrical and wrecker services. In addition, countless others such as Jim Hunter, Jim Taylor, Bill Schone, Tommy Inman, Jack Kerr, Fred Buckert, Bill “Red” Rogers, Tom Ross, and Joe Asbury (the guy behind the idea to begin with) plus the Hamilton High School Ag department for soil testing and this track called Deer Run became a reality. There are others that helped with work and financing such as Security State Bank of Hamilton or donated towards the cost of seed, etc. and we are in their debt for what they have done.
The Back 9
On January 26, 1990, 68 acres of additional land adjust to the front nine was purchased from the family of Alma Dougherty. The ground was a perfect layout for a golf course with hills, hollows, creeks and a natural spring flowing thru the pasture and woods once part of Daugherty Farm. For the first couple of years many trees were transplanted from different areas covering this ground to begin to form some general ideas as to course lay out and some to be placed in strategic places on the front 9 that had either lost trees or need additional.
During the summer of 1993, McCubbin Golf Course Builders were hired to carve out the back nine. The back was designed by a committee headed by Gil Day who also over saw the day to day work that McCubbin’s crew was doing. As with the front nine many volunteers donated their time and energy to complete the project. McCubbin was tasked to build the tees and greens to PGA specifications, shape the course in general, and put down the bent grass and peat, but the volunteers were responsible for the water system and plant the driving range and fairway grass. Folks like Ed Campbell, Bub Campbell, Troy Heath, John Holcolmb, Brad Greenslaugh, Doug Clark, Gail Baker, Jim Hunter, Dan and Joe Asbury, Alman and Ann Meyers and others too many to name contributed. The Hamilton High School golf team pulled out fence separating the front from the back under the guidance of coach Bill “Red” Rogers, Gary Uland and Hill Dodge Bank provided most of the financing and on September 16, 1995 the back nine was opened to play.
Angela Walker wins name the Bar and Restaurant
During the month of December we ran a name the Deer Run bar and restaurant contest and Angela came up with what our team felt was a great name. Looking for something we could associate with a course called Deer Run Angela's entry was The Krooked Antler which fits very well. Thanks Angela Walker for a great name and thanks for being a fan of our golf course.
Our bar and the restaurant are open daily from 11:00 am til dusk during the golfing season! During the off season we are open on a partial schedule. Now serving beverages, food and fun to golfers and the general public. Give us a call to see what's going on. Big screen TVs to watch golf, that Cubs/Cards game, your favorite football or basketball team plus bragging rights for low score from the golf game you just finished leads to great fun. Come join us whether or not you are playing golf and stopping in for a cool down or just out and about and want to stop by for lunch, a mid day break or a casual evening. Deer Run Golf Course needs to be your destination. It's a great day to say Deer Run Hamilton is my home course!
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Breakfast Items
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit
Dottie's Breakfast Casserole
Sandwiches (comes with Chips)
Flavor Burger
Johnsonville Brat
Grilled Chicken Breast
Pork Fritter
Smoked Pulled Pork
Rib-eye Steak (when available)
Chicken Salad
Tuna Salad
Turkey and Cheese
Ham and Cheese
Hot Sides
Mac and Cheese
Cheeze Potatoes, Broccoli & Ham Casserole
Tater Tot Potatoes, Cheese & Beef Casserole
Chicken, Peas & Carrots and Thicken Sauce
Green Beans
Baked Beans
Cold Sides
Potato Salad
Coleslaw
3 Bean Salad
Macaroni Salad
Pasta Salad
Dinners for Outings and Special Occasions
Rib-eye Steak, Baked Potato, lettuce salad, dinner roll and a side from above.
Fried Chicken, Baked beans, potato salad, dinner roll
Offer a suggestion and we will try to put it together for you
Beverages
Full Service Bar with a Variety of Beers, Wine and Mixed Drinks
Soda Drinks, Gatorade, Water
All for purchase in the Club House or at the bar